We left about 10am and got to the Hotel/mall about 12:15 and went swimming right away. It was nice because it was a Monday afternoon so not crazy busy. The water park is pretty big, they only had about 1/2 the slides working, and the special kid slide area was totally closed, but still fun. Keera and Jett did not like the waves at first. When the waves first started up, they both went running to the 'shore' away from the waves. It took alot of coaxing to get them even to sit at the very edge and feel the water/waves. Ella, well she is another story, she is our little fish. She loved it. Ella and Daddy and Ella and I went on a few slides. Her and I did this one, that was totally enclosed and quite twisty.. I was honestly kinda scared to do it, as it makes me a bit clausterphobic, but I was brave. I was also nervous for Ella as they would not let us go together, but she really wanted to go. So I went first and it was a bit freaky! I could not fully sit up (too tall) and I didn't want to lie down so I kinda did this weird half sit/half lie down thing. Ella did awsome and we did it again!
I did the big 'toilet' slide. A slide that spits u in to this big toilet type thing and then dumps you in to this deep pool. I probably looked crazy going on it as I go all disoriented and was flayling all over the place and went in to the water shoulders first.
Jayme went on some slides, dispite his broken foot, but did ok. He had fun frolicking with Ella in the waves. We had fun and had lots of smiles and laughs.
We had a very expensive snack there and finished up around 3:30 and then went to check in to our room. The kids were crazy excited to see the room, we had the African room. It was pretty cool. After that we took the kids to build-a-bear and they each built a bear. Then we went for dinner at "Jungle Jim's" which was very kid friendlyso that was fun. Their menu's were maskes and they got cool cups and even got to pick a 'prize' from the treasure chest. We went back to the room and hung out and settle the kids to bed. Keera and Jett were no problem. Miss Ella was another story. But eventually we all got to sleep - though we had to do a bit of bed shuffling, lol! (Ella in bed with me, Keera to the top bunk and Jay on the bottom bunk!)
It was an early morning of 6:15am .. so the kids played in the tub for a while- LOVE it!
We had a great (included) breakfast at the Euro Cafe- really a great buffet breakfast! The kids loved all the fruit and the mini-fruit loop cerels!
We then went to Toy's R Us to spend the gift cards the kids got from Uncle Wes at Christmas.
Jett got 2 big metal trucks, Thomas Train sleeping bag, and The Car's movie. Keera got a tinker bell blanket, strawberry shortcake case+ dolls and a tinker bell paint set. Ella got (big surprize here) 2 sparkly bigger bouncy balls, a pink zuzie pet and a tunnel thing for her zuzies. The kids also got a barbie movie and a scoobiedo movie. They spent the gift cards + their birday $$. They were happy campers.
Drive home was good, Kept them quiet with Cheeto's and the new movies.
Sounds like a lot of fun!
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